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| TUESDAY 12th SEPTEMBER CONCURRENT SESSION | |||
| Growing our Workforce – Theatre | Chairperson: Linda Cutler | ||
| STREAMED SESSION | |||
| Timeslot | Presenter | Abstract Title | |
| WF1 | 11.00 – 11.15 | A/Prof Rachel Rossiter | Building rural workforce capacity, the Western NSW Primary Health Network Nurse Practitioner Scholarship Program: A Realist Evaluation |
| WF2 | 11.15 -11:30 | Dr Giti Haddadan | Nursing Student Perspectives of an Extended Nursing Placement Program in Far West NSW and Regional Victoria: A Mixed Methods Study. |
| WF3 | 11:30-11:45 | Mrs Katherine Shannon | Reframing the narrative of allied health student placements – from burden to breakthrough. |
| WF4 | 11:45-midday | Dr Pip Southwell | Geographical compromise: A qualitative exploration of how medical students come to choose rural end-to-end medical training |
| WF5 | Midday-12:15 | Dr Catherine Keniry, Dr Rajneesh Kaur, Dr Levi Osuagwu, Dr Emma Webster | Developing research skills in a rural context: Rural medical student scholarly projects in Western NSW Health Research Network. |
| Acute Care Setting / Service Delivery – Oxley Room | Chairperson: Krista Reed | ||
| Timeslot | Presenter | Abstract Title | |
| AC1 | 11.00 – 11.15 | Dr Anna Thompson | Evaluation of the Western NSW LHD Virtual Rural Generalist Service (VRGS): The patient and clinician experience |
| AC2 | 11.15 -11:30 | Mrs Sally Butler | Geographic variation in emergency department presentations among youth (10-24 years), NSW 2019: an epidemiological study |
| AC3 | 11:30-11:45 | Dr Fatemeh Emadi | Remote medication-related interventions to reduce the hospital readmission rate: A systematic review |
| AC4 | 11:45-midday | Dr Peter Lin | “Staying afloat on shifting sands”: Qualitative research exploring the lived experience of caregivers navigating palliative care in their rural settings |
| AC5 | Midday-12:15 | Ms Bec Davis | Post-Traumatic Growth and Cancer Survivorship: Experiences of Living with Treatment-Related Impairment |
| Mental Health / Community Engagement Macquarie Room 1 | Chairperson: Melissa Nott | ||
| Timeslot | Presenter(s) | Abstract Title | |
| MHC1 | 11.00 – 11.15 | Ms Clare Sutton | An Evaluation of Victoria’s Forest Fire Management frontline leader’s “Leading for Better Mental Health program” |
| MHC2 | 11.15 -11:30 | Mrs Jennifer Coote | Peer navigation pilot – improving rural mental health outcomes |
| MHC3 | 11:30-11:45 | Victoria Lovecchio and Steven Cavanagh | The Three Rivers: A collaborative project to create healing environments in the child and adolescent mental health settings. |
| MHC4 | 11:45-midday | Mrs Amy Townsend | The Ironbark Project (Healthy Communities/Aboriginal Elders/Social Groups) |
| MHC5 | Midday-12:15 | Ms Peta Andreone | Strengthening local health committees in regional NSW |
| Student Stream – Macquarie Room 2 | Chairperson: Levi Osuagwu | ||
| Timeslot | Presenter | Abstract Title | |
| SP1 | 11.00 – 11.15 | Ms Clair Blair | Scoping the uses and effectiveness of virtual reality therapy in addressing physical and psychosocial aspects of palliative care in rural communities |
| SP2 | 11.15 -11:30 | *Dr Antonia Clarke | A nationwide prevalence study to understand the dementia experience and its intersection with rurality in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. |
| SP3 | 11:30-11:45 | Mrs Catherine Wilson | Patient outcomes after trauma in Western NSW Local Health District. |
| SP4 | 11:45-midday | Mr Alex Hormann | Bridging the Gap: School-Based Health Centres and Adolescent Healthcare Access in Rural Australia |
| SP5 | Midday-12:15 | Mr John McQueen | How do General Practice and Rural Generalist registrars training in the Western NSW Local Health District footprint choose to pursue this pathway? |
| TUESDAY 12th SEPTEMBER CONCURRENT SESSION 2 | |||
| Trials – Theatre | Chairperson: Mark Arnold | ||
| STREAMED SESSION | |||
| Timeslot | Presenter | Abstract Title | |
| TL1 | 3.45-4.00 | Dr John Lawson | Decentralised Clinical Trials: a literature review. What is working, ,,,,,and what needs work! |
| TL2 | 4.00-4.15 | A/Prof Rob Zielinski & Ms Katherine Smith | Virtual reality as an education tool for people with cancer undergoing immunotherapy: a protocol for a pilot study in a regional setting |
| TL3 | 4.15-4.30 | Dr Ros Muirhead | PreBabe: Can a pre-conception weight loss program improve maternal and infant outcomes for women with overweight or obesity? A randomised controlled trial |
| TL4 | 4.30-4:45 | Ms Shania Liu | Effect of a pharmacist-led opioid tapering intervention before total hip or knee arthroplasty: a randomised clinical trial |
| Disability & Aged Care – Macquarie Room 1 | Chairperson: Meredith Makeham | ||
| Timeslot | Presenter | Abstract Title | |
| DAC1 | 3.45-4.00 | Mrs Alison Devitt A/Prof Melissa Nott | Help to make virtual care better for people with intellectual disability |
| DAC2 | 4.00-4.15 | Ms Molly Banks | Communication Accessible Healthcare: Co-designing Communication Access Solutions in two Regional Services |
| DAC3 | 4.15-4.30 | Ms Deborah Magee Dr Holly Randell-Moon | Using critical ethnography to explore culturally safe practice by the interdisciplinary team in residential aged care – candidate and supervisor perspectives |
| DAC4 | 4.30-4:45 | Dr Jodie Kleinschafer | The impact of climate change on the delivery of home care services: Using research to empower rural providers to manage work conditions during heat waves |
| Reproductive / Paediatrics – Oxley Room | Chairperson: Frances Guiness | ||
| Timeslot | Presenter(s) | Abstract Title | |
| RP1 | 3.45-4.00 | Ms Anna Noonan | Stuck in the outback without service: finding abortion pathways in rural Australia |
| RP2 | 4.00-4.15 | A/Prof Marjan Khajehei | Clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of large-scale midwifery-led, paediatrician-overseen home phototherapy and neonatal jaundice surveillance: implications for rural health practice |
| RP3 | 4.15-4.30 | Ms Cathie Matthews | Advancing rural children’s communication for the future by partnering with parents, early childhood educators, Child and Family Health Nurses, a feasibility and acceptability study. |
| RP4 | 4.30-4:45 | Dr Pip Southwell & Katie Taylor | It takes a village: Partnering to improve access to newborn resuscitation training across the WNSWLHD |
| Student Abstracts – Macquarie Room 2 | Chairperson: Emma Webster | ||
| Timeslot | Presenter | Abstract Title | |
| SP6 | 3.45-4.00 | Miss Rebecca Janssen | Diabetes Education Webpages: Assessing quality, readability and relevance to rural Australian men. |
| SP7 | 4.00-4.15 | Miss Emily Quick | “We Still Never Knew About Radiation or Anything” – A Qualitative Analysis of the Radiation Therapy Experiences of Aboriginal Men in Western New South Wales |
| SP8 | 4.15-4.30 | *Miss Ashley Masters | Eating disorders and disordered eating in First Nations Peoples in high-income, colonial settler countries: a scoping review |
| SP9 | 4.30-4:45 | *Mr Kevin Cao | Virtual emergency care in Western New South Wales: a cross-sectional study of vCare |
